Nature, prevalence and factors associated with depression among the elderly in a rural south Indian community

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Rajkumar, A P ^a   Thangadurai, P ^a   Senthilkumar, P ^a   Gayathri, K ^a   Prince, M ^b   Jacob, K S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Poverty; Risk factors; Social supports

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY SCREENING INSTRUMENT FOR DEMENTIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GERIATRIC MENTAL STATE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEAD INJURY; HISTORY AND ETIOLOGY SCHEDULE DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS AND SUBTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDIA; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WHO DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCALE II; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 65649103371     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209008527     Document Type: Article

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